MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 29.53,-98.47 Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 115 SFC 984 259 30.2 18.5 49 11.7 21.9 76 6 304.8 307.3 295.7 345.7 13.72 2 950 570 27.4 17.3 54 10.0 20.4 80 9 305.0 307.4 295.4 344.4 13.22 3 900 1046 22.9 16.3 67 6.5 18.4 74 9 305.1 307.5 295.3 344.2 13.10 4 850 1541 18.3 15.2 82 3.1 16.2 62 9 305.3 307.7 295.3 343.9 12.87 5 800 2059 14.4 13.2 92 1.2 13.6 42 10 306.5 308.8 295.0 342.7 12.01 6 750 2602 11.3 10.1 93 1.1 10.6 31 9 308.8 310.8 294.4 340.6 10.44 7 700 3179 9.7 6.5 80 3.2 7.8 310 6 313.3 314.9 294.4 340.3 8.72 8 650 3792 6.1 4.4 89 1.7 5.1 297 11 315.9 317.4 294.6 341.3 8.10 9 600 4445 3.5 -1.8 68 5.3 0.7 305 11 320.2 321.3 293.9 338.2 5.59 10 550 5148 0.5 -13.8 33 14.3 -5.4 327 12 324.7 325.2 292.4 332.8 2.39 11 500 5906 -4.0 -12.4 52 8.3 -7.5 315 16 328.1 328.7 293.9 338.2 2.96 12 450 6730 -8.6 -19.7 40 11.1 -12.5 298 16 332.4 332.7 294.0 338.7 1.78 13 400 7633 -14.8 -29.0 29 14.2 -18.3 295 21 335.8 336.0 294.1 339.0 0.87 14 350 8629 -22.0 -36.3 26 14.3 -24.6 288 18 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.0 0.49 15 300 9743 -30.0 -45.0 22 15.0 -31.7 277 22 343.1 343.1 295.3 344.0 0.23 16 250 11014 -40.3 -47.9 44 7.6 -40.9 285 22 346.1 346.2 296.0 347.0 0.20 17 200 12494 -52.8 -53.2 96 0.4 -52.8 284 24 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.7 0.14 18 150 14291 -66.7 -69.2 71 2.5 -66.7 298 18 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.02 19 100 16667 -74.5 -80.2 41 5.6 -74.6 336 9 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.09 m Freezing level: 544.45 mb = 5231.94 m = 17164.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.50 mb = 4519.46 m = 14827.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.17 C = 88.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.04 mb = 1744.13 m = 5722.13 ft T: 16.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 5.38 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.10 mb = 2015.14 m = 6611.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.88 C = 89.39 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: 0.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.23 C K Index: 34.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.05 mb = 1837.10 m = 6027.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.05 mb = 2314.75 m = 7594.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.05 mb = 2873.46 m = 9427.23 ft B at Equ Level: 5.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 696.05 mb = 3225.54 m = 10582.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.9 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 13.9 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -17.2 tot: -16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 25.18 m/s